Laurier-Station
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Aerial view of Laurier-Station
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Location within Lotbinière RCM.
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  Laurier-Station Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′N 71°38′W / 46.533°N 71.633°W / 46.533; -71.633[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | January 1, 1951 |
| Named for | Wilfrid Laurier[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierrette Trépanier |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 12.01 km2 (4.64 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,634 |
| • Density | 219.3/km2 (568/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  9.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,086 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways   A-20 (TCH) |  R-271 |
| Census profile | 2433060[3] |
| MAMROT info | 33060[2] |
| Toponymie info | 34717[1] |
| Website | www.ville. laurier-station.qc.ca |
Laurier-Station is a village municipalityinLotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 2,634 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
It is named after its train station, Laurier, itself named in honour of prime minister Wilfrid Laurier. It is also the town where the professional hockey player David Desharnais was born.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurier-Station had a population of 2,570 living in 1,126 of its 1,164 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 2,573. With a land area of 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 211.3/km2 (547.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Places adjacent to Laurier-Station, Quebec
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